SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors’ presence in South Korea’s stock market climbed to its highest level in nearly six years in December, buoyed by a sharp rally in equities and growing optimism about the country’s semiconductor industry. Foreign ownership reached 32.9 percent of total market capitalization, the highest since April 2020, after overseas [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreigners’ ownership of shares listed on South Korea’s main bourse has topped 1,000 trillion won (US$694 billion) on the back of the robust performance of the market this year, data showed Sunday. The combined value of foreign holdings in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) market came to [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, April 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of private investors who have bought Korea’s listed stocks and bonds has exceeded 10,000. Previously, all foreign investments have been made under institutional names from tax havens such as the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands and Bermuda. On April 22, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) reported that [...]